Lamb castrator



Sept. 16, 1930. E. c. LEMOINE 'ILAMB CASTRATOR Filed June 22, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet l Inventor 15 0/6 a/ivo/ m Sept. 16, 1930. LEMOlNE 1,775,906

LAMB CASTRATOR Filed June 22. 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 .9 Inventor fiw/a C. Z/flO/h' 2 B Wm '20 y A itorney Patented Sept. 16, 1930 PATENT GiiFFlCE EMILE CHARLES LEMOINE, OF SARATOGA, WYOMING LAMB CASTRA'I'OR Application filed June 22-,

The present invention relates to a castrator particularly designed for castrating lambs, and has for its prime object to provide a dc vice which may be conveniently held in the hand and enable the operator to properly grip the scrotum or bag for cutting the same, and also allow the operator to grab the testicles after the cutting operation so that they may be pulled out.

Another very important object of the invention resides in the provision of a tool of this nature which is exceedingly simple in its construction, comparatively inexpensive to manufacture, strong and durable, easy to manipulate, thoroughly et'icient and reliable in use and operation, and otherwise well adapted to the purpose for which it is designed.

lVith the above and numerous other objects in view as will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in certain novel features of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the castrator showing the same in the hand of an operator.

Figure 2 is a front elevation thereof.

Figure 3 is a side elevation thereof.

Figure 4 is a top plan view thereof.

Figure 5 is a vertical section therethrough, and,

Figure 6 is a perspective view showing the upper end of the handle.

Referring to the drawing in detail it will be seen that the numeral 5 denotes an elongated tubular handle, somewhat oblong in cross sect-ion, and having at its upper end on 4 one side, a relatively large opening 6, the

bottom end of which is formed with notches 7 and 8. A slot 9 is formed in the opposite side of the upper end so that a strap 10 may be engaged therein. A buckle 11 is engaged with a cap 12 at the lower end of the handle so that the strap may be engaged with the buckle as is clearly indicated in the drawing.

A pair of jaws 15 and 16 extend through the opening 6 having theirlower edges in the notches 8 and 7 respectively. The inner ends 1929. Serial I'l'o. 372,903.

of these jaws are formed with apertured lugs 17 rockable on a bolt 18 having its head 19 at the upper end and its lower end extending through the cap 12 and threaded to receive an exteriorly disposed nut 20, which may be tightened to hold the jaws in place with the lower edges in the limiting slots 7 and 8.

It will be noted that the jaw 15 is slightly longer than the jaw 16. Both jaws are provided at their outer free edges with inturned edges 21 and 22 respectively. A spring 23 is coiled about bolt 18 and has end extensions 24 engaging the inner surfaces of the jaws 15 and 16 to normally hold them spread apart.

This castrator is held in the right hand with the thumb and two fingers on the jaws l6 and 15 respectively, the thumb being located downwardly while the device is bein used. The strap is placed across the back or the hand just back of the knuckle. The two fin ers on the upper jaw 15 and the thumb on the lower jaw will operate the castrator by pressing and releasing the fingers. lVith the castrator in. the right hand the operator uses the knife in the left hand. The lambs scrotum or bag is grabbed with the caetrator and the end cut oil with a. knife and then the thumb and forcfingers of the left hand presses down on the lambs bag to force the testicles out and then the testicles are grabbed with the castrator and pulled out.

It is thought that the construction, operation, and advantages of this invention will now be quite apparent to those skilled in this art without a more detailed description thereof. The present embodiment of the invention has been disclosed in considerable detail merely for the purposes of exemplification since in actual practice it attains the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and the above description. It will. be pparcnt that changes in the details of construction, and in the comination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is:

1.' A castrating tool of the class described comprising an elongated tubular handle having a side opening in its upper end, a pair of jaws extending through the Opening, means for pivoting the inner ends of the jaws in the handle, spring means for normally holding the outer ends of the jaws apart.

2. A castrating tool of the class described comprising an elongated tubular handle having a side opening inits upper end, a pair of 7 jaws extending through the-opening, means for pivoting, the inner ends of the jaws. in the handle,'spring means for normally holding the outer ends of thejaws apart, said outer endso'f the jaws having inturned edges. j r 3; A castrating tool of the class' described comprising anelongatedtubular handle hav- I ing a side opening in its upper end, a pair'of j awsextending through the opening,'means for pivoting the inner ends of the jaws in the handle, spring means for normally holding the outer, ends of the jaws apart, said outer ends of the jaws having inturned edges, the bottom edge of the opening being provided with notches to receive the lower'edges of thejaws;

- le-A castrating toolof the class described comprising an elongated tubular handle having aside opening in its upper end, a pair of jaws extending through the opening, means for pivoting the inner ends'of the jaws in the handle,- spring means for nor: mallyholding the outer ends oif'the jaws, apart, said outer ends of the jaws having in- 1 turned edges, the bottom 'edge of the open ing being provided with notches to receive the lower'edges of the jaws, said pivot means I comprisinga bolt extending through apertured lugs on the inner ends of the jaws. v 7' I 4 v I. EM L nnnLEsLn oInE.

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